CPWI Hymnal ‎#689

689. In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer

1 In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer
for the saints who before us have found their reward;
when the shadow of death fell upon them, we sorrowed,
but now we rejoice that they rest in the Lord.

2 In the morning of life, and at noon, and at evening,
he called them away from our worship below;
but not till his love, at the font and the altar,
had girt them with grace for the way they should go.

3 These stones that have echoed their praises are holy,
and dear is the ground where their feet have once trod;
yet here they confessed they were strangers and pilgrims,
and still they were seeking the city of God.

4 Sing praise, then, for all who here sought and here found him,
whose journey is ended, whose perils are past;
they believed in the light; and its glory is round them,
where the clouds of earth’s sorrows are lifted at last.

Text Information

• First Line: In our day of thanksgiving one psalm let us offer
• Author: William Henry Draper, 1855-1933
• Meter: Irregluar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Sacraments and Other Occasions: Funerals/Commemorations
• Notes: A lower setting of WAS LEBET (DRAPER) is found at 217

Tune Information

• Name: WAS LEBET (DRAPER)
• Arranger: Anonymous
• Meter: Irregluar
• Key: D Major
• Source: Reinhardt MS, Üttingen, 1754